squalor
pronunciation
How to pronounce squalor in British English:
UK [ˈskwɒlə(r)]
How to pronounce squalor in American English:
US [ˈskwɑlə(r)]
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- Noun:
- sordid dirtiness
Word Origin
- squalor (n.)
- 1620s, "state or condition of being miserable and dirty," from Latin squalor "roughness, dirtiness, filthiness," from squalere "be filthy" (see squalid).
Example
- 1. Some weak states are simply geographical aspirations on a map , filled with destitution and squalor .
- 2. Most romans , and many city-dwellers throughout history , lived in squalor , and many died of it .
- 3. Like thousands of other migrants who flow every year into what indians call the " maximum city " , alam lives in squalor .
- 4. Almost 1m more are living in squalor over the border .
- 5. Like many of dickens 's characters , rongai 's people , living in fumes and squalor , often yearn for the countryside and its solid tribal values .